Sue, I'm betting it's a "Columbia Crest Cab(ernet)". The "cab" part got confused in the translation. It could be one of the various other "blank Crest" that they are interested in as well, but I would definitely bet that "cabage" is meant to be "cabernet".

Sam

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are a small matter compared to what lies within us" -Emerson

It's likely the Columbia Crest Cabernet that went into ml in the bottle and came out smelling like saurkraut.

What I'd like to know is what exactly is this scam? They ask for prices and then what? They place an order and don't pay for it? I don't know any retailers who take orders that are not paid for before they ship. Maybe the Nigerians know retailers that have no smarts...

Thomas wrote:It's likely the Columbia Crest Cabernet that went into ml in the bottle and came out smelling like saurkraut.

What I'd like to know is what exactly is this scam? They ask for prices and then what? They place an order and don't pay for it? I don't know any retailers who take orders that are not paid for before they ship. Maybe the Nigerians know retailers that have no smarts...

Its a long running and common con. They ask for premium wines to be shipped to Nigeria and they pay for them with false/forged/stolen cards etc.

I doubt it's the Columbia Crest, as it's just not expensive enough. They're looking for luxury commodity items.

The scam is quite simple, they try to order expensive wine (mostly Champagne) and pay for it with stolen credit card numbers. It's delivered, and sold as a commodity. Dom, Cristal, etc are the usual targets, though occasionally you'll hear of Opus One, 1st growths, etc. The common denominator of the wines is they're (1)famous & (2) expensive. Mostly probably sold to non-wine-centric restaurants.

BTW, it's worth noting that probably most of these scams in US don't use Nigerian delivery addresses, but US addresses (NJ seeming to win the championship). Any retailer getting big orders for expensive wines from unknown clients should probably do some homework (maybe Alan U. might chime in, I seem to remember he foiled one of these).

Thomas wrote:It's likely the Columbia Crest Cabernet that went into ml in the bottle and came out smelling like saurkraut.

What I'd like to know is what exactly is this scam? They ask for prices and then what? They place an order and don't pay for it? I don't know any retailers who take orders that are not paid for before they ship. Maybe the Nigerians know retailers that have no smarts...

Well, the order appears to be paid for, in that the credit card company approves the charge. However, when the number turns up stolen, the merchant is the one responsible for the charge, not VISA or Mastercard. So yes, the retailer fails to get paid for the wine, and the police will rarely "sting" the delivery to the crooks. Retailer beware.